Champagne Vending Machine Pops Up In a Philly Hotel Lobby
Philadelphia’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel, on Broad Street across from City Hall, last week installed a machine in its grand lobby that dispenses chilled, gold-foil-wrapped 187ml bottles of Moët & Chandon Imperial Brut and Imperial Rosé.
Each Champagne “split,” which comes with a sipper, is enough for two glasses of bubbly. The price is $25 a bottle, about double what the Champagne costs at Pennsylvania retail. A special mechanism allows the bottles to descend slowly without shaking. (Philadelphia Inquirer)